#walking plan

Exercised for at least twenty minutes 4 times, two of which were C25k adventures.

Week 9 goals:

I finished the first week of C25K this morning, and I’m hoping to do two more week 1 days before attempting week 2. It is going to be in the 90s and low 100s here this week so, I may have to resort to treadmill adventures, we’ll just have to see how I do in the mornings.

So far my knees are ok, stretching and not jogging on back to back days helps.

Walking plan check in today since tomorrow is going to be a hot mess!

Sat - 1 mile Leslie Sansone video

Sun - 40 min neighborhood walk

Mon - rest day

Tues- 2 miles Leslie Sansone video

Mon - 30 minute walk

Tues - 40 min yoga

Thurs - 30 min walk

Frid - I worked a 12 hour day and walked over 8500 steps

Sat - spent the day traveling and with family celebrating birthdays.

I also found some good wide tennis shoes at Academy that were less that $60 bucks.

Not quite on target, but better than nothing, which was status quo a month ago. Small victories.

Week 5 goal: work out at least 4 times, plus reduce added sugar intake (i.e. water instead of sweat iced tea) it’s week 5 so we’re adding another habit.

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Sunday- walked the neighborhood for an hourish

Tuesday- C25K day one, plus stretches, the weather was really nice, so I did the thing. Compression shirts are awesome, gonna need a better sports bra though.

Wed- walked the neighborhood for 22 minutes.

I’m just sad this week y’all. Might be hormonal because I let my bc prescription run out, got it filled today though and am getting back on track. Might be burnout. Might be cause of all the political bs in Bama and GA right now. Who knows.

Lord bless it! I walked 3 times this week! Which is a major improvement over the last two weeks.

Tues: 20 minute neighborhood walk

Wed: 25 minutes Leslie Sansone 1.5 milesish

Sat: 40 min neighborhood walk

We’ve reached the 4 weeks until summer camp mark, and things at work are slowing down a bit. I’m trying to decide whether or not to attempt C25k at my current weight now that it is summer and about to get super duper hot. It would require me getting up at the crack of dawn which I do not have a great track record of, but my main concern is my knees and ending up with pain that would make me unable to exercise the way I want.

Blarg. So I think since I had a few bad weeks, since I don’t currently have any evening commitments except for dinner out one night with a friend, I’ll plan on at least 2 miles of Leslie Sansone 3 times this week, interspersed with neighborhood walks, and doing stretches after each workout that I know support my knees. If all goes well, next week I may do a modified week 1 of C25K.

Life has been crazeballs, but I walked for twenty minutes last night even though I didn’t make it out until 9pm.

N.B. Don’t listen to True Crime podcasts while walking alone at night.

Week 5 was lame. I worked 6 days this week, had four evening meetings and developed a head cold. So I only managed to walk on Monday night. This week I only have 2 evening meetings so fingers crossed things will go better.

Still focusing this week on walking 4 times a week and reducing added sugar intake.

6 weeks until summer camp, and despite not meeting all of my goals, I have dramatically increased the amount of exercise I get on a regular basis! Yay!